The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 83 - 70 Darkness Invades_1

Chapter 83: Chapter 70 Darkness Invades!_1

Chapter 83 -70 Darkness Invades!_1

A silent street.

A line of five people quickly dashed through, heading straight for the city center, fearful of being engulfed by the spreading darkness behind them.

“Stop a moment!”

Suddenly, Pang Jian uttered a light shout, and his dashing figure came to a halt.

Zhou Qingchen and the others maintained a short distance from him, and upon seeing him stop, they all reined in their momentum.

With the Dragon Pattern Spear in hand, Pang Jian walked to the corner of a building with a solemn expression, looking at a corpse draped in a pitch-black robe with a Red Mountain emblem on the chest area.

The black clothing with the Red Mountain emblem on the chest was the common attire of Red Mountain Cultivators from the Upper Realm.

“Our people from Red Mountain!”

Zhou Qingchen approached and said with a cold face, “They were killed and their bodies discarded in the corner. The perpetrator must be planning to continue killing, to avoid alarming others with their conspicuous corpses, so they hastily dealt with them.”

“There are a few more over here, all from your Red Mountain.”

Han Duping also saw several bodies in another corner, also dressed in Red Mountain attire.

He was somewhat surprised and said oddly, “Pang Jian, how did you find the time to observe the corners around us while we were moving so quickly?”

“Habit.”

Pang Jian responded indifferently.

An excellent Hunter’s most important quality is the ability to observe, paying attention to every detail.

After hunting for many years in the Solitude Mountain Range, observing his environment had become an instinct, ingrained in his bones; he naturally examined every area he passed through.

Earlier, while the others focused on what was ahead, he had always been watching the sides of the street.

At some corners of the stone buildings, the accumulated bodies were not only those from Red Mountain; he had seen quite a few along the way.

It was not difficult to imagine that before they entered Bagua City, this street had witnessed several bloody battles.

Not all winners bother to thoroughly clean up the battlefield, to wipe away the bloodstains.

Most people would just handle it simply, dragging the bodies from the street to a corner and leaving them there indifferently, so long as they weren’t too conspicuous and wouldn’t be immediately seen by those who came after.

“The bodies are disappearing bit by bit.”

Pang Jian once again uttered a soft reminder.

This was what truly caught his attention and made everyone stop to observe closely.

Everyone looked horrified, immediately fixing their gaze on the corpses of the Red Mountain Cultivators in front of them, indeed seeing those bodies slowly blending into the stone pavement at a gradual pace.

Like water slowly merging into the sea.

The ground of Bagua City seemed to have suddenly become a Bloodthirsty Beast, leisurely devouring the bodies within the city.

“I mentioned earlier, when we killed Jian Yaoyang and the others, the moment they died, their souls quickly vanished underground.”

Luo Hongyan frowned, elegantly squatting down.

She looked at the disappearing bodies and noticed that not only the flesh but even the clothing and hair of the corpses were vanishing with them.

Her eyebrows showed a trace of astonishment as she murmured, “First the souls, then the flesh and blood. This ancient city that has vanished for three thousand years doesn’t seem very simple.”

The Phoenix Bone that fell on the Solitude Mountain Range only sought to pin down its targets and extract their flesh and essence.

The Dark Giant Python of Black Water Pool and the Mysterious Turtle of Wulan Lake both survived, their Beast Souls not pulled in by the Phoenix Bone.

When she came to the site of the Phoenix Bone, she was able to refine Roman and Hong Tai into “Spirit Evils,” which also indicated that the Phoenix Bone had no demand for souls.

But this Bagua City would not even let go of the souls, which made her feel uneasy and anxious.

“When the Strange Treasure emerged at the city center, the outer filth invaded with the darkness. This city seems to be leading everyone, either by guidance or by compulsion, towards the center,” Han Duping said with a solemn face.

“If there truly is a Strange Treasure at the city center, having gathered Cultivators from various realms along the eight streets within a short time…”

Zhou Qingchen drew a sharp breath and said, “Perhaps, we shouldn’t be so eager! If I’m not mistaken, the city center at this moment must be a river of blood!”

Su Meng shrank back into the corner of the wall, saying with fear, “What do we do then?”

Behind them loomed the ever-spreading boundless darkness, forcing them to move toward the city center or they would be engulfed by the filthy darkness of the Fifth Realm.

The Mirror Tunnel was in the city center, and the Strange Treasure was also showing itself there; that place would inevitably become the most brutal battlefield.

Going forward would mean facing the baptism of a bloody battlefield.

Retreating would result in falling into endless darkness.

Both options were unfavorable choices.

“The darkness is spreading, but it won’t engulf us so quickly.”

Pang Jian looked behind, thought for a moment, and earnestly suggested, “If we can suppress our intense desire for the Strange Treasure at the city center, we can slow down our pace. Moving forward is our only way out, and if not for the Strange Treasure, it doesn’t matter if we’re a bit slower.”

He looked at everyone.

“Then let’s take it slower!”

Su Meng was the first to agree.

Zhou Qingchen and Han Duping exchanged looks and nodded slightly as well.

Luo Hongyan, who most yearned to enter the heart of the city, quickly calmed down as the bodies slowly vanished, and she agreed, “Then let’s slow down.”

…

In the tallest tower of Bagua City,

Li Jie, who was sipping green fruit juice, squinted his eyes, capturing the scenes on all eight streets below.

Every revealed person on each street could not escape his watchful gaze at this moment.

He noticed a girl in white on one of the streets, slowly making her way along the corner of the road.

Ten yards behind the girl in white was the slowly encroaching tide of darkness, belonging to the Fifth Realm.

The girl seemed to know that the surge of the dark tide would not sprint in a flash, maintaining a constant distance, advancing steadily without rush.

In front of her, on the hundred-yard street, no other person could be seen moving.

“A very clever one,” muttered Li Jie, his gaze scanning the surroundings, when he spotted Pang Jian and his four companions.

“Hmm!”

He was slightly surprised.

When the central column of light just shot into the sky, Pang Jian and the others, like everyone else on that street, had instantly run towards the city center, trying to reach their destination as soon as possible.

At that time, Li Jie had silently withdrawn his attention, not continuing to look.

He hadn’t expected this smaller, less skilled group to also stop halfway and start making their way at a calm pace.

“Is this restraining their own greed, or have they discovered something?” Li Jie murmured, an unusual light flashing in his eyes.

As he said this, he glanced again at Dong Tianze and others approaching the city center, whom he was watching closely, wanting to see Dong Tianze’s performance.

“He’s a ruthless one,” Li Jie nodded slowly after a moment, sincerely commenting.

As soon as Dong Tianze burst out of the street, he immediately joined in the bloody battle in the central square filled with corpses, becoming the focus of all eyes in the blink of an eye, his surroundings swiftly void of living people.

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The few from Yin Spirit Temple who followed him hadn’t even gotten a chance to make a move when they saw he had already become the center of attention.

Li Jie suddenly became alert and sharply turned his head, looking towards another street.

Not far from the city gate, an area engulfed by the darkness of the Fifth Realm, showed signs of living beings!

“Was someone previously cultivating in a stone tower, unaware of the emergence of the strange treasure, ignorant of the engulfing darkness, and now trapped inside? Or could it be that… someone deliberately did so, intended to be engulfed by the darkness?”

Li Jie’s expression turned solemn.

If it was the former, someone accidentally overwhelmed by the darkness, then the problem wouldn’t be too serious.

But if someone had deliberately entered the darkness, such a person would inevitably become a trouble for him.

Then,

that area became the prime focus of Li Jie’s observation, his gaze frequently sweeping that place to prevent any uncontrollable incidents.

“Oh heavens, this is the first trial arranged for me by my family, please let nothing go wrong,” Li Jie prayed, joining his hands together.

…

“Shh!”

A point of scarlet firelight suddenly blazed from the tip of the Dragon Pattern Spear.

With his pace slowed, Pang Jian had time to ponder the technique of the Ground Flame Spell’s release. He channeled the Flame Force into the shaft of the spear, and through the array inside, amplified to produce a bit of scarlet firelight.

At that moment, the spear shaft of the Dragon Pattern Spear turned red-hot; when he thrust with the spear, the entire Dragon Pattern Spear looked like a flaming meteor.

“Pang Jian, the Dragon Pattern Spear I gave you won’t hold up for too long,” Zhou Qingchen glanced and said helplessly, “The shaft of the Dragon Pattern Spear is made from Dragon Pattern Wood. Despite being inscribed with sturdy Spirit Arrays, a wooden shaft can hardly sustain the Power of Earth Flame for long.”

“Hmm, the Ground Flame Spell you’re practicing now is not compatible with the Dragon Pattern Spear. As your Flame Force grows, you’ll eventually need a new long spear. The shaft of the spear must be made of Fine Gold, as only Fine Gold can perfectly bear the power of the Earth Flame,” said Luo Hongyan, who was also nodding. With a thoughtful frown, she continued, “We don’t currently have such a weapon at hand. But you don’t need to worry; I just saw a long spear within the strange column of light—it had a shaft made from some rare Fine Gold.”

Pang Jian’s eyes lit up.

He too had noticed that there were no problems when channeling spiritual power alone through the Dragon Pattern Spear.

However, when spiritual power and Flame Force mixed and flowed together through the spear shaft, the conductivity became somewhat slower.

The Spirit Arrays within the spear seemed unable to accommodate the Flame Force he had recently refined very well.

Hearing about a long spear suitable for him within the mysterious column in the city center, Pang Jian also became hopeful.

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